Betfair Ambassador Paul Nicholls talks to Barry Orr about reaching 100 winners for the season, the plans for Saturday's Newbury winner Makin'yourmindup, his intended runners this weekend, and the form of his stable...
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Makin'yourmind up will be aimed at the Welsh National
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Over 100 winners for the season for Paul with yard in form
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Betfair ambassador Paul Nicholls discussed a great few days for Team Ditcheat, which meant the 100 winners for the season mark was reached and soon passed, and had a general chat with Barry Orr about the season so far and the yard's current form.
Saturday's impressive Newbury winner Makin'yourmindup will be aimed at next season's Welsh National says Paul, though he might give him an entry in this season's Scottish Grand National.
He said: "It might sound stupid but his long term target is next year's Welsh National, I'd have said he'd be tailor made for that race. In the meantime, he likes soft ground so we'll have to see what there is.
"I might just make an entry for him in the Scottish National just in case it ended up being a soft-ground race, it often isn't these days but he's worth an entry. If not we'll find another novice chase, one more run somewhere will do him."
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Kandoo Kid ran a great race to be second in the competitive Greatwood Gold Cup on Saturday which boosted the form of the yard's Golden Son, and Paul said:
"Golden' Son's form was boosted, he'll have an entry at Sandown this saturday in a valuable novice handicap chase. Kandoo Kid ran a blinder, keeps on improving, on ground that really wouldn't have suited him.
"I might even make an entry for him in the Topham because I can see him jumping around Aintree for fun, he's a good jumper and that sort of trip around there might suit him."
We have another Betfair-sponsored card at Sandown this Saturday with the Betfair Imperial Cup the feature race. Paul is likely to run Sans Bruit in that and he says:
"He ran the other day up at Doncaster, he hadn't run for a while, needed the run, and I think the drop back to two miles will suit him and he won't mind testing ground.
Watch the full video as Paul chats to Barry about his other intended runners this weekend, the stable's form and how his horses are looking and running well currently, and that it's all systems go for Cheltenham next week.
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